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Posted: Sep. 06 2006,00:23 QUOTE
There doesn't seem to be an easy way to switch mouse buttons

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Posted: Sep. 06 2006,04:20 QUOTE
Put this in .xinitrc, above the "case $DESKTOP in" part:

xmodmap -e "pointer = 3 2 1"   # 3 2 1 4 5 for mousewheel

EDIT: I hope your error wasn't caused by including the parentheses (which was not intended to be included in .xinitrc) =o)
In any case, I edited the above so it will still work even if the whole line is pasted.

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Posted: Sep. 07 2006,21:50 QUOTE
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Put this in .xinitrc, above the "case $DESKTOP in" part:

xmodmap -e "pointer = 3 2 1" (3 2 1 4 5 for mousewheel)


It didn't work, it detects a PS/2 mouse on startup.

I get an error when I put the 'xmodmap' line in.

But thanks anyway.
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Posted: Sep. 08 2006,12:58 QUOTE
How does detecting a PS/2 mouse make it _not_ work?
You're want to use your usb one?

... and what's the error?
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Posted: Sep. 16 2006,01:49 QUOTE
Also, for my laptop, I sometimes like to plug in a USB mouse but there is no easy way of changing it unless I do it in X Setup, then If I unplug it, I seem to be unable to move the pointer on the next boot... and I have no idea how to change it back to ps2.  Autodetect would be nice.
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